Water Bottle Reviews: BPA-Free and Dishwasher Safe
Want one easy thing you can do this Earth Day to make an environmental difference locally and worldwide?
Go Green When You Dry Clean
How many times have you pulled off the dry cleaning bag and wondered if that funky chemical smell should alarm you?
9 Tips To Being Green and Cancer-Free
In many ways, being green and staying cancer-free are synonymous. Here are ten of those ways.
Growing Into Green
Here’s a collection of some of Make It Better’s articles about the environment.
Tips for a Green Winter and Spring
Here’s a few great tips to follow for a greener home in the months to come:
January: Time for a Plan
Now is the ideal time to sit down with a cup of tea, your seed and plant catalogs and that new journal (devoted to gardening notes) to jot down your 2011 gardening goals. Once you’ve identified your desired results, even an informal plan will help you achieve your vision and save money. Where to start? […]
Green and Clean: Products that are Good to the Earth and Great for the Home
Green is the new black. It’s everywhere and it’s actually un-cool, not to mention uncouth, not to be green. Whether you’re talking about good for you and the Earth skin care, health care or overall wellbeing, going the verte route is clearly the genius way to veer. Maintaining a green home is the next simple […]
Get Yourself Organized
You need to get your “you-know-what” together before school starts and the craziness begins. Kelly Konrad, our featured editor this week, not only tells us where to go and what to do (with guarantees of fun), she’s also a working mom with a husband and three kids. Serious organizational needs. Here are some of her […]
Architecture Students Unveil Home Plans
12 New Trier Township High School students, finalists in an architecture class contest to develop the lakefront lot at 1330 Sheridan Rd. in Wilmette, presented their plans to judges. Senior Becky Greenberg, pictured here with Quincy Ikler and Max Jablow, took the top prize in the contest. Greenberg’s curvaceous, two-level structure features inverse concave and […]
10 Earth Friendly Tips
1. Change a light bulb. Replace incandescent lights bulbs with compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs. Don’t wait for old bulbs to burn out. Make this change today. 2. Drive less; drive smart. Drive a fuel-efficient car, keep the tires inflated, and carpool. Don’t let your engine run while you wait. Walk, bike or use public […]
